Committee tables Rutherford amendment, reports sweepstakes bill (S.3) favorably
Lawmakers debated Senate Bill 3, aimed at clarifying that electronic gambling machines cannot hide behind sweepstakes exceptions; an amendment to make magistrate rulings binding on law enforcement was tabled 14–6 and the committee gave S.3 a favorable report.
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The House Judiciary Committee heard a report on Senate Bill 3, known in committee as the sweepstakes bill, which sponsors said clarifies that electronic gambling machines may not be treated as sweepstakes exceptions. Mr. Bannister told the committee the measure ‘‘clarifies that that was not an exception to the prohibition against gambling devices, electronic gambling devices.’’
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